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cái
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. to cut out (as a dress)
  2. 2. to cut
  3. 3. to trim
  4. 4. to reduce
  5. 5. to diminish
  6. 6. to cut back (e.g. on staff)
  7. 7. decision
  8. 8. judgment

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1639572)

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Words Containing 裁

体裁
tǐ cái

genre

独裁者
dú cái zhě

dictator

裁纸机
cái zhǐ jī

trimmer

法院裁决
fǎ yuàn cái jué

court ruling

霸道总裁
bà dào zǒng cái

handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status)

副总裁
fù zǒng cái

vice-chairman (of an organization)

裁判所
cái pàn suǒ

place of judgment

经济制裁
jīng jì zhì cái

economic sanctions

裁缝
cái féng

to make an item of clothing

酌裁
zhuó cái

to consider and decide

裁切
cái qiē

to crop

裁断
cái duàn

to consider and decide

剪裁
jiǎn cái

to tailor (clothes)

裁汰
cái tài

to cut back

裁判员
cái pàn yuán

referee

裁兵
cái bīng

to reduce troop numbers

独出心裁
dú chū xīn cái

to display originality (idiom); to do things differently

裁答
cái dá

to reply (to a letter)

看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī

lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)

段玉裁
duàn yù cái

Duan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) 說文解字註|说文解字注[shuō wén jiě zì zhù]

裁减军备
cái jiǎn jūn bèi

arms reduction

裁缝师
cái féng shī

tailor

制裁
zhì cái

to punish

裁度
cái dù

to weigh up then decide

主裁
zhǔ cái

(sports) to referee; to umpire; to officiate

别出心裁
bié chū xīn cái

to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality

裁军
cái jūn

disarmament

独裁
dú cái

dictatorship

裁判官
cái pàn guān

judge

裁革
cái gé

to dismiss

裁并
cái bìng

cut down and merge

仲裁
zhòng cái

arbitration

裁处
cái chǔ

to handle

主裁判
zhǔ cái pàn

(sports) referee; umpire

裁缝
cái feng

tailor

裁剪
cái jiǎn

to cut out

裁夺
cái duó

to consider and decide

裁减
cái jiǎn

to reduce

裁定
cái dìng

ruling

相体裁衣
xiàng tǐ cái yī

lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances

裁员
cái yuán

to cut staff

核裁军
hé cái jūn

nuclear disarmament

总裁
zǒng cái

chairman

裁撤
cái chè

to dissolve an organisation

法律制裁
fǎ lǜ zhì cái

legal sanction

裁制
cái zhì

to tailor

裁判
cái pàn

judgment

量体裁衣
liàng tǐ cái yī

lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom)

裁缝店
cái féng diàn

tailor's shop

裁决
cái jué

ruling